Aaron “Jason” Dotson, a man once-found guilty of sexual assault of a minor, was released last year from jail following a mistake in the bond process for his re-trial.

Dotson was found guilty in 2012 on several counts of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust as part of a pattern of sexual abuse and aggravated incest, according to court records. The Colorado Court of Appeals dismissed his original conviction in 2016 and granted Dotson a re-trial after finding that prosecutors introduced irrelevant evidence.

While in court arranging his re-trial last year, it was mistakenly entered into the court minutes that a $250,000 bond from his first trial was “reinstated,” said Trish Mahre, chief deputy district attorney. Having a bond reinstated would meant that a bond paid in the first trial would allow the defendant to get out of jail before the retrial.

But Dotson never paid his original $250,000 bond and spent more than a year out of jail on an erroneous release. He was arrested Thursday Dotson was arrested Thursday by the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office.

Attempts Monday to reach Dotson’s attorney were unsuccessful.

Entering the bond as “reinstated” into court minutes was a mistake, Mahre said.

Dotson was released Aug. 5, 2017, and lived in pre-trial supervision until his arrest last Thursday.

The judge intended to re-set Dotson’s bond at the same $250,000, but it is unclear as to how the bond was mistakenly entered as reinstated.

Mahre and other prosecutors discovered the mistake when inquiring who paid the bond, only to find no one had. As soon as the mistake was discovered, the judge issued an arrest warrant, and Dotson was taken back to Mesa County Jail.

While he was out, Dotson was on pre-trial supervision and wore a GPS monitor. He was “compliant” with his pre-trial supervision and prosecutors do not believe he committed other crimes while out, Mahre said.

In Dotson’s first trial, he faced 79 charges related to sexual abuse of a minor that lasted for more than a decade, and he was found guilty on 34 of the charges, including incest and sexual abuse of a minor under 15, according to court records.

The 2012 convictions were thrown out after the Colorado Court of Appeals found the prossecutors introduced irrelevant evidence. Dotson’s new trial is set to begin on June 10, Mahre said.

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